We have the first official trailer for Fighter, the Airborn drama starring a trio of India’s biggest names, Deepika Padukone, Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire), and Hrithik Roshan (Jodhaa Akbar).
The pic is directed by Siddharth Anand (Pathaan). The synopsis reads: Militant activities are going out of control in the Srinagar Valley, so a new and elite unit, Air Dragons, is commissioned by the Air Headquarters. They are now the first responders to any hostile activity. They comprise the best combat aviators handpicked from across the Iaf. Fighter is the story of Air Dragons who are willing to give it their all for the nation while going through the highs and lows of their internal and external battles.
Fighter comes from Viacom18 Studios in association with Marflix Pictures. Neeraj Goswamy of Viacom18 is handling sales and distribution. The producers are Mamta Anand, Ramon Chibb,...
The pic is directed by Siddharth Anand (Pathaan). The synopsis reads: Militant activities are going out of control in the Srinagar Valley, so a new and elite unit, Air Dragons, is commissioned by the Air Headquarters. They are now the first responders to any hostile activity. They comprise the best combat aviators handpicked from across the Iaf. Fighter is the story of Air Dragons who are willing to give it their all for the nation while going through the highs and lows of their internal and external battles.
Fighter comes from Viacom18 Studios in association with Marflix Pictures. Neeraj Goswamy of Viacom18 is handling sales and distribution. The producers are Mamta Anand, Ramon Chibb,...
- 1/15/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
‘You’re bowled’: Amitabh Bachchan teases Ishan Kishan for being clueless about his role in ‘Lakshya’
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is seen as the host of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 15’, was left ‘disappointed’ after Indian cricketer Ishan Kishan was clueless about the former’s role in Hrithik Roshan-starrer movie ‘Lakshya’.
The 2004 coming of age war drama which is based on 1999 Kargil war stars Amitabh, Hrithik and Preity Zinta in the lead roles. Amitabh plays the character of Colonel Sunil Damle, while Hrithik is seen as Captain Karan Shergill.
In the episode 96 of the knowledge based reality Big B welcomed Indian cricket sensations Ishan Kishan and Smriti Mandhana to the hot seat.
For Rs 2000, they were asked: “In which of these films does Hrithik Roshan play an Indian army officer?”
The options given were: “Lakshya, Jodhaa Akbar, Koi Mil Gaya and Kaabil. The correct answer was ‘Lakshya’.
Smriti then said: “There’s a song in that film, ‘Kandhon se milte hain. I think I still hear it...
The 2004 coming of age war drama which is based on 1999 Kargil war stars Amitabh, Hrithik and Preity Zinta in the lead roles. Amitabh plays the character of Colonel Sunil Damle, while Hrithik is seen as Captain Karan Shergill.
In the episode 96 of the knowledge based reality Big B welcomed Indian cricket sensations Ishan Kishan and Smriti Mandhana to the hot seat.
For Rs 2000, they were asked: “In which of these films does Hrithik Roshan play an Indian army officer?”
The options given were: “Lakshya, Jodhaa Akbar, Koi Mil Gaya and Kaabil. The correct answer was ‘Lakshya’.
Smriti then said: “There’s a song in that film, ‘Kandhon se milte hain. I think I still hear it...
- 12/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Aug 2 (Ians) Bollywood celebrities are left in “shock” at the demise of renowned art director and production designer Nitin Chandrakant Desai, calling it a “heartbreaking news”.
Desaiwas found hanging in a case of suspected suicide at his N.D. Studios here, early on Wednesday, official sources said. He was 57.
Condoling the death ofDesai, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri wrote in a social media post: “I am heartbroken and sad beyond control to learn about my dearest friendNitinDesai’s death. A legendary Production designer, a visionary who made Nd Studio…Nitin not only loved Pallavi and I, he always guided me even in films we didn’t do together. Why Nitin, why?”
“Some ofNitin’s films: Salaam Bombay, 1942 A Love Story, Khamoshi, Kama Sutra, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Mission Kashmir, Lagaan, Devdas, The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, Munnabhai Mbbs, Swades, Mangal Pandey, Slumdog Millionaire, Jodhaa Akbar..Now you know why he was a legend,...
Desaiwas found hanging in a case of suspected suicide at his N.D. Studios here, early on Wednesday, official sources said. He was 57.
Condoling the death ofDesai, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri wrote in a social media post: “I am heartbroken and sad beyond control to learn about my dearest friendNitinDesai’s death. A legendary Production designer, a visionary who made Nd Studio…Nitin not only loved Pallavi and I, he always guided me even in films we didn’t do together. Why Nitin, why?”
“Some ofNitin’s films: Salaam Bombay, 1942 A Love Story, Khamoshi, Kama Sutra, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Mission Kashmir, Lagaan, Devdas, The Legend Of Bhagat Singh, Munnabhai Mbbs, Swades, Mangal Pandey, Slumdog Millionaire, Jodhaa Akbar..Now you know why he was a legend,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The rights of three songs from iconic 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The Sound of Music” have been acquired by Indian film “Music School.”
The musical was adapted as a 1965 film by Robert Wise, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which went on to win five Oscars and also had two live television adaptations – on NBC in 2013 and ITV in 2015.
“Music School” is directed by Indian civil service officer-turned filmmaker Paparao Biyyala, who has obtained the rights for three songs from “The Sound of Music” – “Do Re Mi,” “So Long Farewell” and “Sixteen Going on Seventeen.” Veteran Indian composer Ilaiyaraaja has recreated the songs along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra to suit the sensibilities of an Indian audience.
“Music School” deals with the academic pressure faced by young students from society, parents and teachers. The film has eleven songs in all. Some of the songs are choreographed by the U.K.
The musical was adapted as a 1965 film by Robert Wise, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which went on to win five Oscars and also had two live television adaptations – on NBC in 2013 and ITV in 2015.
“Music School” is directed by Indian civil service officer-turned filmmaker Paparao Biyyala, who has obtained the rights for three songs from “The Sound of Music” – “Do Re Mi,” “So Long Farewell” and “Sixteen Going on Seventeen.” Veteran Indian composer Ilaiyaraaja has recreated the songs along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra to suit the sensibilities of an Indian audience.
“Music School” deals with the academic pressure faced by young students from society, parents and teachers. The film has eleven songs in all. Some of the songs are choreographed by the U.K.
- 4/22/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The nights are getting colder – so it’s the perfect time to tear through the films about to be removed from Netflix.
Each month, a large number of titles are taken down from the service without fanfare.
This explains why things might suddenly disappear from your watch list.
S , to avoid surprise, here is a list of everything being removed in October (including one of the service’s very first original series).
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix – find everything that’s beind added to the streaming service this month here.
Movies
1 October
About Last Night (2014)
Agyaat
The Amazing Spider-Man
Anatomy
Anjaan
Arthur Christmas
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
A Beautiful Mind
Body of Lies
Carlito’s Way
Cast Away
Company of Heroes
Contagion
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Delhi 6
Dennis the Menace
Dev D
The Diesel
Due Date...
Each month, a large number of titles are taken down from the service without fanfare.
This explains why things might suddenly disappear from your watch list.
S , to avoid surprise, here is a list of everything being removed in October (including one of the service’s very first original series).
Nb: The Independent compiled this list with help from What’s on Netflix – find everything that’s beind added to the streaming service this month here.
Movies
1 October
About Last Night (2014)
Agyaat
The Amazing Spider-Man
Anatomy
Anjaan
Arthur Christmas
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
A Beautiful Mind
Body of Lies
Carlito’s Way
Cast Away
Company of Heroes
Contagion
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Delhi 6
Dennis the Menace
Dev D
The Diesel
Due Date...
- 10/4/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
One day, Samay’s father announces that he is taking his family to the movies. Samay is curious about this – his family has not been to see a movie since he was five years old. “Listen,” says his father, “once you’ve seen this one, you’ll never watch another again. I’ve told you many times, cinema is not appropriate for us.” But Samay’s father is willing to make an exception for this film, Karishma Kali Kaa. The film stars Amrita Singh as Parvati, a devotee of Kali, so it’s deemed appropriate viewing for this Brahmin family.
Samay is more entranced by the light of the projector than he is by the film, but he’s also curious about how the light is transformed into the images he’s seeing on the screen. On the trip home, he tells his father about his friends who want to...
Samay is more entranced by the light of the projector than he is by the film, but he’s also curious about how the light is transformed into the images he’s seeing on the screen. On the trip home, he tells his father about his friends who want to...
- 4/17/2022
- by Katherine Matthews
- Bollyspice
Rahul Vaidya and his girlfriend, Disha Parmar has been sharing some beautiful photos from the ceremonies of their close friends, Yash Bhatia and Megha Israni.
Rahul Vaidya shared some pictures from the wedding and captioned, “At my dearest @meghaisrani & @yashbhatia20 ’s beautiful wedding!
Rahul Vaidya shared some pictures from the wedding and captioned, “At my dearest @meghaisrani & @yashbhatia20 ’s beautiful wedding!
- 3/15/2021
- by Shweta Ghadashi
- GlamSham
Kaabil, is an Indian action thriller film brimmed with romance and emotions. This epic love chronicle stars Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam in the lead roles. It is a story of a specially abled couple; Rohan and Supriya, who lead a blissful married life. But their happiness comes to a standstill due to unavertable circumstances for which Rohan vows to take a revenge from the culprits. With power-packed performances, realistic setting and applauds, Kaabil stormed the Indian cinema and received unprecedented success world-wide. Now this intense vengeance saga is ready to be released in China on June 5th, 2019.?
Kaabil is a thought provoking master piece that infuses love, dance, thrill and action in the right proportions. The movie opens to a love song thus immediately connecting the audience to the passion and chemistry that the couple possesses. Right when the viewers feel that the blissfulness has reached the peak, the...
Kaabil is a thought provoking master piece that infuses love, dance, thrill and action in the right proportions. The movie opens to a love song thus immediately connecting the audience to the passion and chemistry that the couple possesses. Right when the viewers feel that the blissfulness has reached the peak, the...
- 5/14/2019
- GlamSham
Whenever art director Nitin Desai and maverick director Ashutosh Gowariker have come together they have created magic on the celluloid. The talented duo had stunned the audience with the mesmerising recreation of the Agra Fort in Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar and now they are all set to charm us yet again by constructing the majestic ShaniwarRead More
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- 4/19/2018
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
In innumerable historicals (Mughal-e-Azam, Tajmahal, Jodhaa Akbar, Noorjehan, Jhansi Ki Rani, the forthcoming Manikarnika and many more), real people have always been shown in a dramatically heightened fashion in Hindi cinema. When subjects like Bose—The Forgotten Hero, Sardar and others tried to be lot more or completely realistic, they failed to hook audiences. The recentRead More
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- 2/20/2018
- by Rajiv Vijayakar
- BollywoodHungama
On the occasion of Jodhaa Akbar completing 10 years, the filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker has shared throwback pictures from the sets of the film. In one pic, we see Aishwarya Rai with her hubby Abhishek Bachchan along with Hrithik Roshan and his heavily pregnant wife Sussanne Khan. The director is also seen with wife Sunita. Now, this is giving us a lot of déjà vu feels. Will someone please sign these two already? In another picture, there is Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor on the sets with Hrithik who is in the garb of Emperor Akbar, chilling on the sets with glares.
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- 2/15/2018
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
A lot of Indian films have come under the scanner for allegedly distorting history or for overdramatizing the characters portrayed in their films. A few of such Indian films are Bandit Queen, Aśoka, Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Jodhaa Akbar, Mohenjo Daro, 7aum Arivu, Padmaavat etc. Even English (Hollywood) films like Saving Private Ryan, based onRead More
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- 1/27/2018
- by Advocate Rizwan Siddiquee
- BollywoodHungama
MusicRahman has experimented across genres of music and has left his stamp on each of them.CV Aravind ar rahman pti-compressed.jpgPTIAs a young boy, he used to hang around when his father, Rk Shekar used to compose music for films. At nine, Dileep Shekar lost his father and had to don the mantle of the family’s breadwinner soon after. Renowned music directors like Dhanraj and M K Arjunan took him under their wing and young Dileep could by then play the synthesizer like a young pro. After the family embraced Islam, Dileep was re-christened as Alla Rakha Rahman and came to be known in the field of music as Ar Rahman. With music in his genes, he soon gained mastery over several instruments and with a group of friends, he formed a music band called. ‘Roots’. From there, he graduated to composing music for jingles. He also earned expertise in his craft by freelancing for music directors like Ms Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraaja and Raj Koti and also found opportunity to accompany stalwarts like Zakir Hussain, Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan and L Shankar. In 1992, veteran director Balachander produced Roja under his home banner with Mani Ratnam as director. The duo decided to introduce a new music director for their film and the opportunity came Rahman’s way. Until then, Ilaiyaraaja had been Mani’s favourite composer and his scores had embellished films like Mouna Ragam, Agni Nakshathiram and Nayagan among others. But the gamble paid off and Roja heralded the arrival of a new composer who would eventually conquer the world of film music in the years to come. With a baton like a magic wand, Rahman would regale audiences around the globe, working not just in Kollywood and Bollywood but in Hollywood films as well. Roja became a trendsetter for its music score and Rahman made bold by introducing singers like Minmini (Chinna Chinna Aasai) while relying on proven performers like Sp Balasubramanian, Chitra, Sujatha, Unni Menon and Hariharan. Vairamuthu’s lyrics set to Rahman’s music in Roja became a rage and the two of them would later work together in several movies, enthralling listeners of all ages. If Kadhal Rojave had a ring of pathos to it, Rukkumani Rukkumani was a foot tapping number and Hariharan’s rendering of Thamizha Thamizha was rich in its soulful quality. Rahman might have worked in any number of films after Roja but there are many admirers who still feel that he is yet to surpass Roja, the lyrics of which also became chartbusters in Hindi and Telugu. And incidentally Time magazine has included Roja in a list of top ten soundtracks of all time. A commonly heard quip is that Rahman has always reserved his best for films directed by Mani Ratnam who was instrumental in giving him his first break. And logic supports this argument as Rahman has won two of his four National Awards for Mani’s films (Roja and Kannathil Muthamittaal) and their combination turned Bombay into one of the largest selling albums in Tamil cinema. Rahman has also been an integral part of Mani’s Hindi films like Dil Se, Yuva, Guru and Raavan. The soundtracks of other Mani films like Kadal, O Kadhal Kanmani and Kaatru Veliyedai too bore Rahman’s stamp. Apart from Mani, Rahman has also shared a great rapport with director Shankar who has repeated Rahman in all his films right from his debut film Gentleman. Their latest collaboration 2.0, starring Rajnikant which is slated to hit the screens next year, is eagerly awaited by the diehard fans of the actor, the director and the music director as well. While most of the films for which he composed the music were set against an urban backdrop, Rahman was not found wanting when working for films with pastoral themes either. His films with Bharathiraaja, Kizhakku Cheemayile and Karuthamma amply proved that rural themes were right up his street. Sangamam was another classic example of Rahman excelling in compositions with a distinct folk flavour. Jana Gana Mana and Vandhe Madharam, his non film albums too were huge hits. Rahman was no stranger to Bollywood as the lyrics in the dubbed versions of his films like Roja and Kadhalan had turned out into smash hits. However, his first break in Hindi cinema came through Ramgopal Varma’s Rangeela, the Aamir Khan starrer which was a runaway hit. A number of films like Taal, Swades, Rang De Basanti, Lagaan and Jodhaa Akbar enabled him to establish himself firmly in Bollywood. Veteran director Subhashi Ghai who directed Taal once confessed that he was almost driven to despair by the unique working style of the maestro whose composing generally began after all the cows had reached home and went on till the wee hours of the morning. But Taal was an inspiring score that was instrumental in the success of the film at the box-office. Rahman won a National Award for Lagaan a film based on a rural subject and the tunes became chart toppers in no time .His scores in films like Rockstar, Ranjhaana and Highway too were highly appreciated. While Rahman also composed music for stage productions like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bombay Dreams and Deepa Mehta’s Water, the crowning glory came with Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire a blockbuster which had riveting music. Two Academy Awards, BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe and two Grammy’s were among the honours that have come to Rahman for his overseas assignments. While fast, peppy numbers like Chikku Bukku Rayile (Suresh Peters, G V Prakash), Muqabla Muqabla (Mano, Swarnalatha) have been his forte, his melodies like Munbe Vaa (Naresh Iyer, Shreya Ghosal), Mannipaaya (Shreya Ghosal, A R Rahman ) and Yaarumilla Thiraiarangil ( Swetha Menon) have tugged at the heart strings of listeners across the world. There is hardly any genre of music that the Mozart of Madras has left untouched and his versatility has been the hallmark of his musical career. Experimentation has been a key word in his dictionary and in instrumentation, using non-traditional voices and so on, Rahman has blazed a new trail. Rahman’s expertise has stretched to classical, western, pop, reggae and sufi, music and he has left his stamp on all of them. Apart from his international awards, Rahman’s tally includes four National Awards, 15 Filmfare Awards, 16 Filmfare Awards ( South) and a Padma Bhushan as well. His state of the art Panchathan Studio in Chennai and a highly popular music school are among his abiding passions. Enanble Notification: NoTNM Marquee: No...
- 12/23/2017
- by Editor
- The News Minute
Throughout the world, biopics make for great, classic films. Bollywood has finally warmed up to this idea and many of the biopics have done well in Bollywood. Some of the examples are Paan Singh Tomar, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Dangal, Manjhi – The Mountain Man, M S Dhoni – The Untold Story, Jodhaa Akbar etc. AamirRead More
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- 11/4/2017
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
On Season 13 of So You Think You Can Dance this past summer, choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan once again brought the magic of Bollywood to the stage. This season of the popular show had a format change with the contestants ranging from age 8 to 13 and could those kids dance! With both a group number and a duet in the final 4 show, Nakul presented the many sides of Bollywood and thrilled the audiences and especially the judges who gave them a standing ovation. I got the chance to talk with Nakul in two separate interviews about his fabulous numbers. We also touched on his life as an owner and teacher of 6 Bollywood dance schools, his work with Paula Abdul, his special choreography for several other television shows and so much more! Check out what he had to say in this fascinating and in-depth interview. Ek do teen, read on!
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- 9/17/2016
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
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